Jing Zhang

Senior Applied Research Engineer

About

Jing Zhang is a Senior Applied Research Engineer on the Impact Team. Jing brings expertise in machine learning and distributed system design. He designs and builds software prototypes and products in our thesis areas. In addition, he develops infrastructure to improve the efficiency of machine learning research and experimentation.

Experience

Jing previously worked at Amazon as a Software Engineer where he designed and developed a large-scale data platform that feeds a machine learning system to predict defect locations and track inventory quality. Prior to Amazon Jing worked at Kiribatu Labs as a Data Scientist working on an auto-insurance risk score prediction model.

Education

Jing holds a Master of Science in Computing Science from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Engineering specializing in Information Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

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Outside work Jing enjoys cooking. When he’s not eating the food he cooks, he turns it into art with his camera. Jing can also be found behind his camera taking travel and portrait shots.

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